AARP Nebraska: Medicaid should be extended for some seniors (Sioux City Journal)
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) -- The state needs to help prevent thousands of Nebraska Medicaid recipients from being hit with higher prescription drug costs on Jan. 1 that many will not be able to pay, AARP Nebraska said in a letter sent to Gov. Dave Heineman urging action.

New York's Medicaid Pays Double The Progr Am's Average National Share Of Health Expenses (Medical News Today)
New York's Medicaid program paid 21 percent of doctors' bills, hospital bills and other expenses in that state in 2003, compared to Medicaid's U.S. average of 9.2 percent of medical expenses, according to the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.